A typeface has been designed for the Welsh language
Three fonts have been created by design studio Smörgåsbord, in collaboration with the Colophon Foundry, which aim to promote the use of the Welsh language.
The Ashmolean Museum’s new identity can flex across 500,000 years of history
Oxford’s museum for history and art has been given a visual update, based around a logo that works across digital and printed material.
New Crafts Council gallery space aims to be the “home of craft”
The Crafts Council Gallery will showcase the UK’s contemporary craft scene – the value of which, the organisation says, has “never been higher”.
The designers rethinking childbirth environments
Many of the products and systems that surround giving birth have remained unchanged for decades, so what is being done to help women today?
National Institute of Medical Herbalists overhauls for “natural authority”
The UK’s largest and oldest regulator of herbal practitioners has a new visual identity, including a modular icon, physical materials and website design.
Coronavirus: the designers finding solutions to medical supply shortages
As hospitals face an influx of patients and a shortage of supplies, designers are offering solutions – though not without complications.
How would you redesign a hand santiser pump?
Experience design studio Bompas & Parr aims to develop “an aesthetic and functional approach to hand sanitising” by inviting creatives to redesign sanitiser pumps for its competition Fountain of Hygiene.
A ride-sharing vehicle designed to fix the “Uber Pool problem”
The conceptual design from Seymourpowell looks to combine automotive trends as well as fix ride-hailing app’s business metrics.
£330bn coronavirus business loan plan: what designers need to know
SMEs can expect more help than previously stated under new “unprecedented” business loan plan, as PM Boris Johnson encourages Brits to tap into their inner “Blitz Spirit” to get through
Communism in the cosmos: how USSR propaganda depicted space
Behind the Iron Curtain, space was a frontier that could one day be tamed by communist Soviet science – nowhere better was this “progressive, futuristic, yet strangely antique period” explored
Freelance designers: Can I still get paid if I’m affected by coronavirus?
What financial help you are entitled to if you get sick with COVID-19 or if you are unable to work through self isolation as a freelancer/self-employed worker.
Plumstead Centre’s “bookish” identity celebrates its literary heritage
Originally builty in the early 19th century as a library, the Greenwich-based centre is now also a café, gym and social space for the community.
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From the archives: Picture Post
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From the archives: Driving back to the future
During our pause, we’re re-publishing the occasional article from deep in our archives. This March 1990 column by our founder, Jeremy Myerson, looks at car design trends.
Design Week is resting, and we’ll be back soon
In December 2023, it was announced that Design Week was closing its doors. However – good news! We’re reopening by the end of summer 2024!
Design across five decades: from the editors who brought you Design Week
As the design industry propelled itself forward, we were always there to champion, inform, analyse and guide the way.
Design Week quiz: a look back through the ages
Have you been paying attention for the last four decades? Only one way to find out.
Design Week: 1986-2023
Design Week closes, having championed design excellence for the past 38 years.
What will retail and experience design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, WeWantMore creative director Ruud Belmans offers his view on what retail and experience design might look like next year.
What will exhibition design look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, Studio Arc director Lyndsey Bowditch offers her view on what exhibition design might look like next year.
Why 2024 will be the “year of creative emergence” when it comes to AI
As part of our series on design in 2024, Mia Blume – founder of Design Dept. and Designing with AI – tells us that next year will be a “paradigm
Using VR to break outdated taboos around women’s health
Taking the form of a ‘vagina-like’ tent, INTER/her by Camille Baker uses cutting edge tech to open up conversations around issues like ovarian and cervical cancer, endometriosis, and menopause.
What will hospitality interiors look like in 2024?
As part of our series on design in 2024, Run for the Hills co-founder Anna Burles offers her view on what hospitality interior design might look like next year.